Some witches' brooms harbor infections that eventually kill their host plants. Other strange things also can happen, such as when potato plants with witches' brooms form tubers above ground.

What better time than Halloween to redress your own? Since the 1300s, the broom has been a mark of the enchanted. It started with “Witches Brew,” the 14th-century street name for a salve ...

holding up a handmade broom that looked for all the world like something a witch would love. She does make ceremony brooms for Wiccans - and often gets asked if she's a witch. Her standard reply?

A group of crafty women and girls turned loose bits of sticks, straw, feathers, grasses, plants and more into witches' brooms Sunday in Winnipeg. The free public event gave people from all walks ...